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Arjuna Award

Indian award
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Arjuna Award

Summary

Arjuna Award is a sports award[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Arjuna Award is in the country of India[3].
  • Arjuna Award's instance of is recorded as sports award[4].
  • Arjuna is named after Arjuna Award[5].
  • Arjuna Award followed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games[6].
  • Arjuna Award's Commons category is recorded as Arjuna Award[7].
  • 1961 marks the founding of Arjuna Award[8].
  • Arjuna Award's sponsor is recorded as Government of India[9].
  • Arjuna Award's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arjuna Award[10].
  • Arjuna Award's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'अर्जुन पुरस्कार'}[11].
  • Arjuna Award's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award[12].
  • Arjuna Award's next higher rank is recorded as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games[13].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Arjuna Award followed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games[6].

Why It Matters

Arjuna Award has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Shaan Sengupta · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Image → Receiving the Arjuna Award.jpg
    Named after → Arjuna
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Arjuna Award, 2017 to Ms. Prashanti Singh for Basketball at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on August "
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